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Bernie Sanders: “If you are concerned about keeping people healthy, out of the hospital, premature deaths, you are also concerned about…”

On the recordMarch 16, 2011
If you are concerned about keeping people healthy, out of the hospital, premature deaths, you are also concerned about the quality of air that our children are breathing.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Senator Sanders links air quality to public health and healthcare costs.

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